Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. CD image files (usually .iso files) can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting them into a normal CD/DVD drive.
Probably the best virtual drive software, Virtual CloneDrive allows you to enjoy the freedom of a virtual drive and is completely free.
iGO is a GPS navigation software for Windows Mobile (and also iPhone). I was always a TomTom user until I tried iGO. The interface, maps and usage are a lot better than TomTom in my opinion. What I like most about iGO is that they paid close attention to what the user wants. The data on the main map display can be customized (speed, distance, time, etc�). Get a warning when you are driving too fast, custom wallpaper, save a trip log and a lot more. One of the most intuitive features that I really love is the smart way of searching for names. When you start to type a street name, only the characters that can be used are visible on the screen keyboard. The keys that are simply not needed (because your search would have no results if you would type that key) are left away so you don�t mistype. You have to simply see it in the video, really simple but genius concept.
Blue Coat� K9 Web Protection is a content filtering solution for your home computer. Its job is to provide you with a family-safe Internet experience, where YOU control the Internet content that enters your home. K9 Web Protection implements the same enterprise-class Web filtering technology used by Blue Coat's Fortune 500 customers around the world, wrapped in simple, friendly, and reliable software for your Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista computer.
Blue Coat's unique Web filtering technology divides Internet content into 60 distinct categories. These categories are stored in the master Blue Coat database, through which we maintain and update more than 15 million ratings of websites and domains. A Web site will fall into one or more of these categories, based on the content of the site. To meet your particular needs and preferences, you can configure the software to block or allow specific categories.
FileMenu Tools allows you to customise the context menu of Windows Explorer. And it lets you:
A free tool not many people know about from Microsoft is the Word and Excel viewer. If you receive a word / excel / powerpoint document from someone, then you will probably use Open Office to view it if you do not have Microsoft Office installed. But why install a large program such as Open Office, or even Microsoft Office if all you will ever do is view documents and not edit / create them.
For these scenario�s there are the free Microsoft Word / Excel and PowerPoint viewers.
Download "Microsoft Office Word viewer"
WinMerge is an ideal tool for viewing differences between two text based files (.txt, .as, .cpp, etc�) usually used in programming environments. I personally use this tool in collaboration with a file versioning tool (Tortoise SVN). When is this tool useful? Example: You have a local copy of �mycode.as� and another person has that same copy on their computer. You work on that file and make modifications. At the same time the other person also makes modifications on their own local version of that same file. When you upload that file into subversion, and the other person uploads their version as well, there will be a conflict as both have been modified. WinMerge can then show you the differences and merge them for you. You can make modifications in the view panes if you wish and save the merged file.
